There's no place like safety and the pucker factor There Auto Be A Law

That scrappy Tesla is still in the news for safety issues. NHTSA has requested more data about their Autopilot recall from December. With over 20 crashes since then there are some questions that need to be answered. And the DOJ and SEC are investigating them about their self driving claims. Drunk driving has been increasing but enforcement has declined. We discuss solutions that are available today but that manufacturers and Congress don't want to act on. Aurora is ready to put there self driving semi's on the road and this inspires Fred to come up with a new business idea. Michael suggests that the EPA regulate the fire retardants in cars so that we don't get exposed to horrible chemicals. Plus Recall Roundup.
This Weeks Links
https://www.autosafety.org/support-us/https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2024-05-08/exclusive-in-tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-on-securities-wire-fraudhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2024/05/04/tesla-autopilot-recall-crashes-deaths-nhtsa/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/07/tesla-autopilot-investigation-why-remedy-didnt-work/abb4dba6-0c61-11ef-ae0a-a6870885518d_story.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/trucks-selfdriving-highways-automation-driver-083409631158f54d806d75309c4764e2https://apnews.com/article/selfdriving-semi-aurora-safety-autonomous-80a48dd862c33c62ad4284f0cf7591b5https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/drunken-driving-deaths-are-up-why-are-dui-arrests-down/ar-AA1o2mQAhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91120201/carcinogen-cars-interior-flame-retardant-chemicalshttps://ieeetv.ieee.org/channels/ssit/self-driving-cars-the-good-the-bad-the-uglyhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V298-1454.PDFhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V304-6178.PDFhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V308-1849.PDF